Toy Review - Siege Jetfire

[GoktimusPrime]

More piccies:

Comparison with G1 and previous CHUGs


As above, but nekkid.


Classics Jetfire just keeps hanging around


Overall thoughts:
An absolutely gorgeous toy that I cannot wait to get - just take my money, Hasbro! While this toy is a Generations figure it wouldn't look out of place next to MPs either. If you ever wanted a Skyfire toy then this is it. The add-on armour is kind of ordinary and the chest piece doesn't lock in tightly. The helmet looks weird without having any laser cannons or even antennae... it makes him look more like Broadside. In terms of looking more like G1 Jetfire then I think the original Classics toy does a better job, but Siege Jetfire is your definitive Skyfire toy.

One minor gripe - the lower half of Jetfire's face is visible in jet mode. The backpack only covers his face from eyes up, so his mouth and chin are still visible. It's still tucked away behind the cockpit so it's not nearly as unforgivably bad as say, Energon Ironhide. It makes Jetfire look like he's wearing a VR helmet. But at the end of the day, this is a mass retail figure released at about 1.5x the price of a Leader Class figure and I'd say that it delivers top value for money. Certainly more than some other overpriced MPs, but let's not hound that point.

Highly recommended.

[kovert]

Any light-piping?

[Tha_Phantom]

Any light-piping?

Surprisingly, yes. Although it's kind of pointless as he has a backpack behind his head (which of course is show accurate).

[kovert]

Surprisingly, yes. Although it's kind of pointless as he has a backpack behind his head (which of course is show accurate).

Cool.

[GoktimusPrime]

The retractable 5mm hole is such an ingenious idea. I really hope that more toys will feature this in the future, especially MPs. It's so much better than just having a slot and tab for articulated hands to feebly hold onto weapons. Then again, it might only be something that's possible with larger hands like Jetfire's. It would admittedly be harder to execute this on smaller figures. But still, if the size allows it then I'd like to see HasTak continue this innovation. This is seriously a great kilometrestone in Transformers engineering. Please run with this, HasTak!

[Trent]

I heartily endorse this product.

Best retail TF that’s been released in a while. Non intrusive gimmicks out the wazoo and a very good likeness.

[Paulbot]

Looks SO good.

[Tha_Phantom]

One minor gripe - the lower half of Jetfire's face is visible in jet mode. The backpack only covers his face from eyes up, so his mouth and chin are still visible. It's still tucked away behind the cockpit so it's not nearly as unforgivably bad as say, Energon Ironhide. It makes Jetfire look like he's wearing a VR helmet.

Easy fix for that, turn the head around.

[G1Optimal]

What i am going to do when i get mine is call Seige Jetfire “Skyfire” and keep Gen30’s Jetfire as my “Jetfire” make them two different characters

[Bidoofdude]

What i am going to do when i get mine is call Seige Jetfire “Skyfire” and keep Gen30’s Jetfire as my “Jetfire” make them two different characters

Put one with your ‘84 Bots, one with ‘85 Bots. Alternatively, one with Bots and other with Cons.